Over half a million Thai passengers use rail transport on first day of Songkran week


BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): The Rail Transport Department reported that 656,325 people travelled by rail on Monday (April 11), the day Thais started heading back to their hometowns for the April 13-15 Songkran holiday.

Most – 613,517 – were commuters of electric trains in Bangkok and surrounding provinces, while the remaining 42,808 used interprovincial State Railway of Thailand trains.

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